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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Apparently 83% of Maverick orders have been for the fwd hybrid
That explains why Ford cancelled 100,000 hybrid orders considering they only want to build 25% hybrid’s.
They should have never allowed factory orders and just sent what they want to dealers.
Their idea of only preorders that they don’t want to make is a total disaster
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Do you think they underestimated the demand, or purposely limited supply to drive sales of more profitable vehicles, or some other explanation I'm not thinking of?
It's possible they couldn't secure more units from their suppliers to make more hybrids.
JSH would know more about this, but I imagine suppliers need to know a couple years in advance what volume is required, and that would tend to lock in the maximum units.
As I've said long ago, all vehicles should be hybrid at minimum by now. Those with a garage should have a plug-in hybrid. The RAV4 Prime can be charged on a standard outlet, yet deliver 40 miles of EV range and 40 MPG in hybrid mode, with 300 horsepower. That is just 1 example of what all vehicles could be capable of now.